> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 416](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33120547) of TL-2 Vol. I > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/12368-1) LSID 12368-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716978) QID Q716978 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[Burman, Nicolaas Laurens (Suppl.)|second entry]] for this author ### Author Burman, Nicolaas Laurens (1773-1793). Dutch physician and botanist at Amsterdam, son of Johannes Burman, correspondent of Linnaeus, professor of botany at the Amsterdam *Athenaeum illustre* 1769-1793. **Abbreviated name**: *N. L. Burm.* \[standard form in IPNI: *Burm.f.*\] #### Herbarium and types The herbarium is incorporated in the Delessert herbarium at [[Collection G|G]] and contains most of his types. Some types may be at [[Collection L|L]], a few other specimens are at [[Collection M|M]]. The Thunberg herbarium ([[Collection UPS|UPS]]) has 'Burman' (father and son) material from the Cape collected by Hermann, Oldenland and Hartog and by other correspondents of the Burmans. Burman contributed to Linnaeus's herbarium ([[Collection LINN|LINN]]). *Ref*.: IH 2: 108; Lasègue p. 66. - Candolle, Phytographie 401. 1880. - Steenis-Kruseman, Fl. males, ser. I. 1: 53. 1950. #### Bibliography and biography Aa 2: 1607-1609; AG 2(1): 74; Barnhart 1: 286; BM 1: 289; Dawson p. 188; Jackson p. 383; JW 2: 187, 3: 347; Kew 1: 432; KR p. 109; Laségue p. 565 \[index\]; MW p. 59; NI 304; NNBW 4: 354; PFC 1: xxxvii; Plesch p. 166; PR 1395-1396, 9669; Saccardo 1: 40; SO 650a, 2534a. - Anon., Alg. Konst- Letterbode 11(274): 198-200. 1793. - Anon., N.Ann. Bot., Usteri, 2(8): 91-94. 1795 (also Baldwinger, N. Magaz. f. Aerzte 15: 522-524). - Hall, Epistolae ineditae... N. L. Burmanni. 1830. - Kobus en de Rivecourt, Biogr. woordenb. 1: 295. 1886. - Sirks, Indisch Natuurond. 80-81. 1915. - Verduyn de Boer, Botanists at the Cape 30. 1929. - Backer, Verkl. woordenb. 91. 1936. - Uggla, Sv. Linné-Sällsk. Årsskr. 20: 128-144. 1937 (Linnaeus and the Burmans). - Engel, Bijdr. Dierk. 27: 263. 1939. - Karsten, J. S. Afr. Bot. 5(1): 2-18. Jan 1939 (portr.) - Karsten, The Old Company's Garden at the Cape. 1951. - De Vos, S. Afr. biogr. woordenb. 1: 143. 1968. - Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 169-171. 1971. - Burman-Becker, Notices hist, et généal. Burman 13-14 \[s.d.\] #### Eponymy *Burmannia* Linnaeus (1753) is dedicated to his father Johannes Burman (1707-1779), q.v. #### Handwriting J. S. Afr. Bot. 5(1): pl. 4. 1939; Fl. males, ser. I. 1: cxlviii. 1950. ### Publications ##### n.934. Specimen botanicum de Geraniis **Title** *Specimen botanicum de Geraniis* quod favente summo numine ex auctoritate magnifici rectoris, Jo. Nic. Seb. Allamand,... nec non amplissimi senatus academici consensu, & nobilissimae facultatis medicae decreto, pro gradu doctoratus, summisque in medicina honoribus, & privilegiis rite ac legitime consequendis, eruditorum examini subjicit Nicolaus Laurentius Burmannus, Amstelaedamensis, die xviii. Augusti mlcclix, hora locoque solitis. Leiden (Theodoor Haak) 1759. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Spec. bot. Geran.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 17 Aug 1759, p. \[i-iv\], 1-52, \[2 p. theses\], *2 pl*., article C. C. Schmidel, De medulla radicis, \[10\] p., p. 9 dated 14 Nov 1758, *1 pl. Copies*: NY, HU. *Ref*.: BM 1: 289; Kew 1: 432; Langman p. 171; PR 1395; SA 2: 546. - Anon., J. Sçavans, Amsterdam ed. Mai 1760, p. 325-330. ##### n.935. Flora indica **Title** *Flora indica*: cui accedit series zoophytorum indicorum, nec non prodromus florae capensis. Leiden (Cornelius Haak), Amsterdam (Johannes Schreuder) 1768. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. indica*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1 Mar-6 Apr 1768, p. \[i-viii\], \[1\]-241, \[242, elench. tab.\], index \[17\] p., Prodr. fl. cap. \[1\], 1\*, 2-28 (25-28 recte 29-32), *pl. 1-21, 21*\*, *22-67*, uncoloured engravings by A. van der Laan. *Copy*: U. – *A facsimile* edition announced, but not yet published, by Asher (1974). *Ref*.: BM 1: 289; DA 1967; GF p. 53; IF p. 685; Jackson p. 383; Kew 1: 432; MW p. 59; NI 304; Plesch p. 166; PR 1396; RS p. 77; IDC 5194. - Hall, Epistolae ineditae Caroli Linnaei 89-91. 1830. - Merrill, Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 329-388. 1921 (extensive critical review of the new species). - Steenis-Kruseman, Fl. males. Bull. 14: 642. 1959. - Dandy, Bothalia 7(3): 427-428. 1961. - Stearn, Introd. facsimile Linn. Mantissa (Weinheim) viii-x. 1961. - Tyrell-Glynn and Levyns, Flora africana 15. 1963. - Stafleu, Linnaeus and the Linnaeans 169-170. 1971. - Sotheby, Cat. Stiftung Botanik 94-95. 1975.